positively or negatively to economic development in medieval and early modern Europe. The wealth of evidence Ogilvie amasses …

This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of …. Atlantic trade and colonialism affected Europe both directly, and indirectly by inducing institutional changes. In particular …, thus enabling new merchants in these countries to benefit from Atlantic trade. Therefore, the Rise of Europe was largely …

This paper emphasizes that the evolution of religious institutions in Europe was influenced by the expansionary threat … the first half of the 16th century with the Ottoman Empire's territorial expansion in Eastern Europe. Various historical … rivals of a different affiliation. The overall patterns of conflict in continental Europe as well as those between the …